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Videos

2019 FSA Annual Meeting and Dementia SymposiumIn April of 2019, member organizations gathered at the FSA Annual Meetingto discuss the latest topics that affect our industry, like organizational culture and workforce challenges.Then, during the Dementia Symposium, experts explored treatment options and philosophies, along with organizations that benefited from grant funds received from Friends Foundation for the Aging. View video of each presentation.

Being with FriendsVideo introduction to Quakerism and the values that guide FSA and its member organizations.

Creating the Climate for Collaborative Decision MakingFollowing the framework of Five Levels of Decision-Making, FSA CEO Jane Mack looks at those levels from the point of view of ownership of the decision, engagement in the outcome and the pros and cons of each level of decision-making. It also considers the importance of clarifying which level is being used. In this workshop video, Jane follows the explanation of her process with a practical discussion on how viewers can foster this collaborative decision-making in their own workplace.

FSA Values SummitIn June 2017, FSAwelcomed approximately 75 people from across our membership to a summit on values. These people represented a cross section of our membership, from the largest to the smallest members, east coast to west coast, bricks and mortar organizations, home and community based service providers, to campus-based personal care/assisted living, single sites, and systems. The purpose of the summit was to work together in articulating our vision of bringing Quaker-inspired values to senior living in today’s world.

WebsitesAdministration for Community LivingThe Federal agency responsible for increasing access to community supports, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities across the lifespan. A combined effort of the Administration on Aging (AoA), the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), and the HHS Office on Disability